Unit 87 Both / both of // neither / neither of // either / either of

  A

• both/neither/either 는 두개의 경우에 사용하고, 명사 앞에 바로 사용할 수 있습니다. (both books, neither book, etc.)
  예를 들어, 외식을 하려는데 두곳의 음식점에 대해서 다음과 같이 말할 수 있습니다.
  • Both restaurants are very good. (not the both restaurants)
  • Neither restaurant is expensive.
  • We can go to either restaurant. I don’t care.
    (either = one or the other, it doesn’t matter which one)

  B     Both of . . . / neither of . . . / either of . . .

• “both of the restaurants,” “both of those restaurants" (not both of restaurants) 등과 같이 both of / neither of / either of + the/these/my/Tom’s . . . 의 형태로 사용합니다.¹
  • Both of these restaurants are very good.
  • Neither of the restaurants we went to was (or were) expensive.
  • I haven’t been to either of those restaurants. (= I haven’t been to one or the other.)
• both 다음의 of 를 생략할 수 있습니다.
  • Both my parents are from Michigan.  or  Both of my parents . . .
• both of / neither of / either of + us/you/them (목적격 인칭대명사):
  • (talking to two people) Can either of you speak Spanish?
  • I asked two people the way to the station, but neither of them knew.
• 목적격 인칭대명사 us/you/them 앞에는 of 를 반드시 사용해서 “both of” 로 사용합니다.
  • Both of us were very tired. (not Both us were . . . )
• neither of 다음에 나오는 동사는 단수형 혹은 복수형을 사용할 수 있습니다.
  • Neither of the children wants (or want) to go to bed.

 § ¹ both/either/neither + of + 정관사/지시형용사/소유격 + 명사

  C

• both/neither/either 는 명사 없이 단독으로 사용할 수 있습니다.
  • I couldn’t decide which of the two shirts to buy. I liked both. (or I liked both of them.)
  • “Is your friend British or American?”  “Neither. She’s Australian.”
  • “Do you want tea or coffee?”  “Either. It doesn’t matter.”

  D

• 다음의 표현을 보겠습니다.

  both . . . and . . .	Both Ann and Tom were late. I was both tired and hungry when I got home.
  neither . . . nor . . .	Neither Liz nor Robin came to the party. She said she would contact me, but she neither wrote nor called.
  either . . . or . . .	I’m not sure where he’s from. He’s either Spanish or Italian. Either you apologize, or I’ll never speak to you again.

  E

• either/neither/both (두개)와 any/none/all (세개 이상)의 비교:

  There are two good hotels here. You could stay at either of them.	There are many good hotels here. You could stay at any of them.
  We tried two hotels. - Neither of them had any rooms. - Both of them were full.	We tried a lot of hotels. - None of them had any rooms. - All of them were full.

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